Re: polymorphic SQL functions has a problem with domains

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: David Johnston <polobo(at)yahoo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: polymorphic SQL functions has a problem with domains
Date: 2014-04-02 16:30:30
Message-ID: CAFj8pRB=RMfwtUcvKTPch76G3mywcb7J-wAqEuE0_yKgyzfTvA@mail.gmail.com
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2014-04-02 18:27 GMT+02:00 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:

> David Johnston <polobo(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> > Does something like:
> > SELECT ($1 + $2)::$1%TYPE
> > exist where you can explicitly cast to the type of the input argument?
>
> I don't think SQL-language functions have such a notation, but it's
> possible in plpgsql, if memory serves.
>
>
No, this possibility doesn't there, what I know.

but you can do assignment to some output variable - what is effective same

Pavel

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